Greg Brown, Butch Thompson Trio, Prudence Johnson, Garrison Keillor, Kate MacKenzie, Beth Obermeyer, Peter Ostroushko. Thompson Brothers Ragtime Orchestra,
It's Coming ( Peter Ostroushko ) The waltz you saved for me ( Peter Ostroushko ) Bye bye Blackbird ( Prudence Johnson ) In My Room ( Kate MacKenzie ) Tennessee waltz ( Kate MacKenzie ) Moon River ( Kate MacKenzie ) Nothing to do but waltz ( Kate MacKenzie ) Auld lang syne ( Prudence Johnson , Garrison Keillor ) All Aboard ( Greg Brown , Kate MacKenzie ) Never shine sun ( Greg Brown , Kate MacKenzie ) Spanish Harlem ( Greg Brown , Kate MacKenzie ) Time has made a change in me ( Greg Brown , Kate MacKenzie ) Pennsylvania polka (Thompson Brothers Ragtime Orchestra ) Lichtensteiner polka (Thompson Brothers Ragtime Orchestra )
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Even LW people enjoy Christmas, carefully unwrapping their presents and not taking second helpings. Refrigerators are still two thirds full. If you get too happy, the roof might fall on you. Larry was saved nine times. With dry racking sobs, he would come forward. Maybe he did not completely believe that God loved him. Some people aren't sure of the force of gravity. GK believed that some quiet people are really secret poets and some are really actors who can express grief. In the old days, moms and dads gave great speeches about how children treat them like dirt, etc. It's really a folk poem. GK's kid treats him wonderfully, showing that life is unfair. GK goes to bed early on New Year's Eve and imagines a gathering at Aunt Flo's. After he sets the stage, he brings in the guests. They sit and wait for GK to talk but he's only a kid worrying about his big feet. As he looks down at his shoes, he sees the little specks on his eyeballs. He concentrates on the specks and stops them from falling, which makes him happy.
Emily Makin's loon calls. Beth Obermeyer's tap dances. Department of Folk Songs: Sleepy head, I don't want to play, The rest of the world go by, Black sox, My bonny, My pa will buy me, Auld Lang Syne.
1983.12.31 Berkshire Eagle / 1983.12.30 Star Tribune/ rebroadcast on December 31, 1988.
Archival contributors: Frank Berto